Bathtub
a tub to bathe in, especially one that is a permanent fixture in a bathroom.
Contemporary Examples
We fill every container, bucket and bathtub in the house and it lasts us until the next time.
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She stumbles over to the bathroom and points to the bathtub.
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Grover Norquist famously wants to shrink government to such a small size that you can drown it in a bathtub.
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Whitney Houston had died, found floating in the bathtub at her hotel suite in Beverly Hills.
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It has everything but the kitchen sink (though there is a bathtub).
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Historical Examples
Then she turned on the water in the bathtub and took a bath.
Carolyn of the Corners Ruth Belmore Endicott
Besides, he doesn’t have to be dressed up all the time and live in a bathtub the way I do.’
Andiron Tales John Kendrick Bangs
Theres plenty of room in that bathtub, but you wont find much hot water.
Peter Cotterell’s Treasure Rupert Sargent Holland
What do you whistle in your bathtub when you are in a reminiscent mood?
The Merry-Go-Round Carl Van Vechten
While he went to put the gingham in the bathtub, Fanny helped to make the newcomer comfortable.
Bought and Paid For Arthur Hornblow
noun
a bath, esp one not permanently fixed
n.
1837, from bath + tub. Prohibition-era bathtub gin is recorded by 1928.
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